President Barack Obama signed the fiscal 2010 National Defense
Authorization Act during a ceremony at the White House Wednesday.
Obama hailed the act, which contains $680.2 billion in military
budget authority, as transformational legislation that targets
wasteful defense spending.
U.S. military authorities have determined that the cause of an
MH-47 helicopter crash in Afghanistan's Badghis province October 26
was a combination of factors caused by very low visibility,
officials said Wednesday. The crash killed seven U.S.
servicemembers and three U.S. civilians.
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